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The Republic of Wilkshire

“Everyone for everyone else”

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The Republic of Wilkshire is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Paul Williams with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 35.924 billion Wilkshireans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vasbury. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Wilkshirean economy, worth a remarkable 9,518 trillion wilkoes a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 264,965 wilkoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It's been a banner year for local vexillology, hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, and throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wilkshire's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Wilkshire is ranked 171,224^th in the world and 9,140^th in The North Pacific for Most Armed, with 0.05 Weapons Per Person.

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